HAMP-B46464: Post-medieval book fitting (clasp)

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BOOK FITTING

Unique ID: HAMP-B46464

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A damaged but complete hook-piece from a copper-alloy post-medieval book-clasp. The artefact is now corroded and bent upwards at the attachment end, having received strikes in the past. It is sub-rectangular in shape, with a flared attachment end. At the opposite end is a curved hook (up to 7.5mm wide). The artefact has been cut from a flat sheet. There is a single central rivet hole at the attachment end which contains the corroded remains of an iron rivet. The upper surface is decorated with two pairs of transverse grooves at the attachment end. Within the field thus created is possible foliate decoration, hard to distinguish. Below, within the main field is central punched annulet design in a line. If there is further decoration this has been obscured by corrosion. This artefact is of a now red-brown metal, largely overlain by variable mid-green patination and areas of lighter corrosion product.

Class: clasp
Sub class: hook-piece

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 54.9 mm
Width: 16.85 mm
Thickness: 0.95 mm
Weight: 4.85 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 11th February 2009

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: E2580

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cut
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
To be known as: Tarrant Hinton CP

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

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Recording Institution: HAMP
Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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